
#MeToo
Rallying against sexual assault and harassment - a women's poetry anthology
By: Deborah Alma (Editor)
Paperback | 8 March 2018
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WINNER of The Saboteur Awards Best Anthology of 2018
This book came straight out of a long thread on Deborah Alma's Facebook page in October 2017. Something was released and given a space within social media. Many women felt emboldened by this to share more difficult stories, more details. As a poet, and an editor, it felt natural to Deborah to collect these stories somehow and it was obvious to collect them as poems.
This collection contains mainly previously unpublished work from 80 of our finest poets:Jill Abram, Vasiliki Albedo, Deborah Alma, Jean Atkin, Roberta Beary, Victoria Bennett, Kaddy Benyon, Ama Bolton, Jhilmil Breckenridge, Rachel Buchanan, Jane Burn, Rachel Burns, Cath Campbell, Louisa Campbell, Zelda Chappel, Rachael Clyne, Jane Commane, Meg Cox, Sarah Doyle, Pat Edwards, Alicia Fernández, Rona Fitzgerald, Kate Garrett, Kathy Gee, Georgi Gill, Roz Goddard, Linda Goulden, Vicky Hampton, Sue Hardy-Dawson, Deborah Harvey, Ramona Herdman, AM Hill, Clare Hill, Angi Holden, Rhiannon Hooson, Helen Ivory, Sheila Jacob, Sally Jenkinson, Jemima Laing, Gill Lambert, Dorianne Laux, Claire Leavey, Emma Lee, Liz Lefroy, Pippa Little, Mandy Macdonald, Maggie Mackay, Holly Magill, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sarah Miles, Sarah Mnatzaganian, Kim Moore, Abegail Morley, Helen Mort, Katrina Naomi, Lisa Oliver, Michelle Penn, Pascale Petit, Bethany W Pope, clare e potter, Wendy Pratt, Lesley Quayle, Kathleen M. Quinlan, Amy Rainbow, Natalie Rees, Jess Richards, Victoria Richards, Bethany Rivers, Rosie Sandler, Jacqueline Saphra, Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, Emily Sernaker, Emma Simon, Beth Somerford, Ruth Stacey, Judi Sutherland, Angela Topping, Cathy Whittaker, Natalie Whittaker, Stella Wulf.
Industry Reviews
“This collection is quite the rollercoaster: it made me cry with sadness – and with joy. I salute the courage of the women who have shared the pain of sexual harassment in verse that is lyrical, poignant and powerful. And I am also grateful to those who have shared their more hopeful experience in the poems that conclude this brilliant anthology. They have managed to find resolution and peace – as will readers of this outstanding collection.” Rachel Kelly. “This book contains the poetry of necessity and truth, exploding into the light, where it goddamn belongs. Please read these poems and then decide in what order you want to 1) cry 2) march 3) scream with relief and recognition 4) grab a sword-pen and write your own.” Amanda Palmer “The #MeToo poetry anthology is a snapshot of historic attitudes challenged here and now. Many poems draw on childhood and teen memories as well as highlighting workplace and general abuse. It’s not necessarily just one incident that upsets but the sheer weight of apparently minor incident after incident and always being vigilant for the next incident. There’s precious little comedy in #MeToo. If you’re looking for a light read for the darkest days of winter this is not the anthology for you. If you’re looking for positive masculine role models this is not the anthology for you. The poems come from all angles and backgrounds (as do abusers) but they are stark reminders of damage and hurt, mental and physical. The final section offers poems of hope, which are very welcome by then. If you are looking for honed catharsis this is the book to buy. All profits will be donated to Women’s Aid UK.” Myfanwy Fox
Foreword by Jess Phillips, Introduction by Deborah Alma, Part 1 ‘Silly lasses’, Reeds Wendy Pratt, Nervous Sally Jenkinson, Sometime Before Myra Angela Topping , Stages of Child Abuse Rachel Burns, Undone Kaddy Benyon, Dog Victoria Bennett, Between Us clare e. potter, Parental Guidance Sue Hardy-Dawson, The Giant Ground Sloth... Natalie Whittaker, Travelling Jean Atkin, Giantess Sally Jenkinson, Fidget Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, In the self-defence class Rona Fitzgerald, Interval ice-cream Sarah Mnatzaganian, Silly Lasses Pippa Little, Part 2 ‘my ordinary walk home’, landmarks change... Emma Lee, Scold’s Bridle Helen Ivory, After Eden Stella Wulf, Robosexual Clare Hill, Second Person Personal Meg Cox, The Bestiary Michelle Penn, Just One Example Jemima Laing, Bitch Jane Commane, Enough Amy Rainbow, I Have Been A Long Time Without Thinking Kim Moore, Exile Rachel Buchanan, It Didn’t Mean Me Gill Lambert, Tumescence Inflammatoria Vasiliki Albedo, An Ancient Settlement Liz Lefroy, Part 3 ‘I see myself lie quiet as snow on rail tracks’, Fireweed AM Hill, Sirens Jess Richards, Easy target Abegail Morley, Dissecting Venus Helen Ivory, The Bicycle Katrina Naomi, scathless Mandy Macdonald, Skinned Zelda Chappel, Secrets Cathy Whittaker, Undo Linda Goulden, My Fault Helen Mort, Now When I Think About Women Emily Sernaker, Should I say it now Zelda Chappel, Part 4 ‘Domestic’, No wonder I’m Fat Jane Burn, In the bedroom Kathleen M.Quinlan, Femme Sarah Mnatzaganian , Button Jhilmil Breckenridge, Bed Beth Somerford, Indoor Sport Rachael Clyne, I might have left Kathleen M.Quinlan, I Don’t Know Why Deborah Alma, Why I didn’t marry him Vasiliki Albedo , The Worst Thing Ruth Stacey, Something you see in movies Kate Garrett, secrets (sharifa) Sabrina Mahfouz, To Hear a Mermaid Sing Jacqueline Saphra, Me Too Lesley Quayle, Domestic Rachel Burns, He Loved Me Cath Campbell, Ending It Jill Abram, Cat Victoria Bennett, Peter and Jane go to the shops Jane Burn, Body, Remember Kim Moore, Part 5 ‘They can’t help it’, Telling Tales Rosie Sandler, Square de la Place Dupleix Pascale Petit, Irish Twins Roberta Beary, Attic Room: a Tanka Drama... Roberta Beary, Matinee Dorianne Laux, My Mother’s Dressing Gown Pascale Petit, Five Years Claire Leavey, Killing Me Softly Bethany W Pope, Fallon Bethany W Pope, you do when your child... Louisa Campbell, What they Cannot Measure Clare E. Potter, The Silence of Gassed Cats Vicky Hampton, Without Narcissus Rhiannon Hooson, Part 6 ‘I said I was the proof’, Still Guilty Kathy Gee, Keynote Speech Angi Holden, Too Close Holly Magill, ‘I Said I Was the Proof’ Emma Simon, Stuck Judi Sutherland, Fireman’s Lift Ramona Herdman, Consent Holly Magill, Bejantine Maggie Mackay, Signals Alicia Fernández, The Library of Broken People Abegail Morley, Why did I say nothing? Ama Bolton, #metoo, sings a millennial Natalie Rees, Reunion Sarah Miles, Part 7 ‘make for the light’, Spunk Jacqueline Saphra, We Too Victoria Richards, Pinning Photographs Lisa Oliver, The Inequity of Goats Stella Wulf, Asylum Rachael Clyne, On My Walk this Morning Wendy Pratt, Aftermath Bethany Rivers, Candlewick Jane Burn, When I Open Kim Moore, Nightingale Georgi Gill, Will Never Be... Rachael Clyne, Defence Mechanisms Rosie Sandler, #Not Him Pat Edwards, Freeing the sources of light Sheila Jacob, Butterfly Vicky Hampton, Wildwood Deborah Harvey, #MeToo Sarah Doyle, This poem is for you Roz Goddard, Spartaca Pippa Little.
ISBN: 9781911048299
ISBN-10: 1911048295
Published: 8th March 2018
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 150
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Fair Acre Press
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 13.4 x 20.4 x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.22
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